Since then she has gone on to hunt white tail deer, mule deer, moose, elk, antelope and wild boar.

Nikita Dalke, from Cranbrook, B.C., also has an impressive list of hunted game under her belt.

Using both bow and arrow and a rifle, Dalke has hunted for mountain goat, elk, mule deer, whitetail, cougar, black bear, wolf, turkey, coyote and small game.

According to her bio on the Extreme Huntress website, her passion for hunting took off after she met her husband in 2005 and the pair began going on hunting "dates," tracking down elk, black bears or to scout locations.

"Hunting to me isn’t about how many places you have travelled, who has the most animals or if you got a trophy animal. Hunting to me is about conservation, passing on our heritage, family and enjoying nature and the adventure," she wrote on the Extreme Huntress website.

Dalke told her local paper that she has often had to defend her pastime and has "stood up against a lot of anti-hunters to help support fellow hunters and to defend myself and my lifestyle."

However, she told The Townsman hunting is important to her "because it provides healthy meat, it keeps wildlife populations at healthy levels, and it teaches good values."

Voting for Extreme Huntress semi-finalists continues until June 1, where people can log on to vote for one of 20 women, from as far away as Australia, South Africa, Europe and elsewhere.

Those with the top six scores will travel to Hondo, Texas for a televised skills contest.